Ammunition in Original Package or in an MTM box in Locked Case?

[One Day...]

I agree about the heavy ammo problems, last year I took over a 404 Jeffery’s and a 470 NE, I use the 20 round MTM boxes inside a pelican case and 30 rounds each was near maximum weight without the case. I’ve never had ammo weighed , but Air Canada says weight of the ammo. So haven’t worried about the case weight

Yes, this is the point where it seems that there is a fair amount of inconsistency and "initiative" on the part of the airline agents, some favorable, and some unfavorable. There have been reports on various threads, right here on africahunting.com, of people having their ammo weighted either with or without the box.
I am like AB2506 on this, I want to be OK with the most restrictive scenario so that the trip does not turn into a stress test. So, I consider ammo + box, and even for good measure + TSA lock. That way, I am safe

One Day, thanks for all the info. You and Brickburn got me to this point.

As your PH will certainly be fond of saying: "Pleasure!"

 

[BigSteve57]

We had the same problem with having to come up with a new bag for ammunition when travelling by air from Johannesburg to Windhoek. It was a total surprise to us and our travel agent but apparently it was standard procedure. The prospect of having to easily prove that our ammo. met the weight requirements was a concern so we went a different route by putting factory boxes into the lightest locking containers we could find.

The thread "Has anyone had ammunition checked for weight?" is related (I think ) as there are discussions on how we all box up our ammo to keep the lock box light. REF: https://www.africahunting.com/threads/has-anyone-had-ammunition-checked-for-weight.47840/

I chimed in with what I do:
https://www.africahunting.com/threa...n-checked-for-weight.47840/page-2#post-513660

https://www.africahunting.com/threa...n-checked-for-weight.47840/page-2#post-513670